Species Gonodactylus chiragra (Fabricius, 1781)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Squilla chiragra Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum Differentias, specificas, Synonyma auctorum, Loca natalia, Metamorphosia adiectis Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Hamburg & Kilonii : C.E. Bohnii Vol. 2 viii 552 pp. [515].

  Type data:

   Neotype RMNH S860 ♂, Amboina [Ambon], Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Manning, R.B. 1981. Neotype selection for the stomatopod Squilla chiragra Fabricius, 1781. Crustaceana 40(2): 217-219.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, intertidal, predator, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Common on onshore and offshore reef flats under boulders or among coral rubble, especially in upper intertidal zone, but also into shallow subtidal.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-May-2012		30-May-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)